The 15 Hottest Movies Of The Summer

With the hot season in full swing, it is time to talk about the hottest movies of the summer. The most-talked-about flicks and the coolest actors in the most awesome spectacles you can catch in an air-conditioned movie theater.

July

Arnold Schwarzenegger is back in full force in this reimagining of the first Terminator (1984). And Game Of Thrones’ star Emilia Clarke stars also as Sarah Connor, a tough fighter paired with Arnold as a protector. A massive departure from the first movie, where the action star played Skynet’s assassin, sent back to kill Connor before she could give birth to her son, John, the leader of the human resistance. Confused? See the movie. It will all make sense.

Channing Tatum comes back as Mike in this super sexy sequel that is sure to drive female fans wild. Three years ago, Mike retired from stripping, but he misses the charge he gets from being on stage and his close-knit group of stripping friends. He dives back into the business and reunites with the Kings of Tampa to travel up north to Myrtle Beach for a male stripper convention.

Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is out on his own with the IMF disbanded, so he must face down The Syndicate with nothing but his wits and his former team. Joining forces with a disgraced British agent, Hunt and his team fight back against the terrorism attacks and world-dominating aspirations of the Syndicate.

Comedian Amy Schumer has been wowing fans and critics with her Comedy Central sketch show for three years and is now hitting the big screen in this comedy directed by Judd Apatow and starring Bill Hader, Schumer and LeBron James. Schumer makes her mark as a party girl who can’t get it together, but falls in love with Hader’s handsome and funny sports doctor.

Robin Williams’s final onscreen role, as a devoted husband in an uneventful marriage and boring corporate bank job, promises to be an emotional roller coaster. The indie drama, directed by Queens native Dito Montiel will see Williams’ Nolan deviate from his seemingly perfect, normal life and confront who he really is.

The kids will love this one. Despicable Me 1 & 2 featured Gru’s little yellow helpers as comic relief and important assistants in his journey. Now the Minions get their own starring role in what promises to be a super family-friendly look at how the yellow ones evolved over the centuries to serve all manner of evil super villains.

Paul Rudd takes a run at superhero superstardom in this troubled Marvel project that went through scores of directors and years of development hell. Rudd’s con man character dons the Ant-Man suit which allows him to shrink in size but grow in strength by leaps and bounds. All to pull of a heist with his mentor that will save the world.

August

This remake features Michael B. Jordan as the Human Torch and Miles Teller as Mr. Fantastic, with Kate Mara as Susan Storm. Along with Ben Grimm/The Thing, the four humans travel to an alternate dimension and return with amazing physical capabilities. They must learn to harness those abilities and work together to save the Earth from Dr. Doom.

A hip-hop biopic about the birth of gangsta rap and N.W.A, this film follows the exploits of Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Easy E as they take over the music charts and strike fear in the hearts of mainstream Americans. The brutally honest songs about life in the ‘hood and dealing drugs make for a heck of a movie.

Bored out of his mind as a guard for an armored car company, Zach Galifianakis is led by his work crush, Kristen Wiig to pull off one of the largest bank jobs in American history. The raucous comedy also stars current SNL stars Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones along with former SNL star Jason Sudeikis.

A movie adaptation of the classic 1960s spy series, helmed by Guy Ritchie, looks to be a thrilling film about C.I.A and KGB cooperation against a mysterious international organization. Superman himself Henry Cavill stars as C.I.A. agent Napoleon Solo and Armie Hammer co-stars as his KGB partner, Illya Kuryakin.

This action comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart takes some crazy turns with Eisenberg playing a stoner/government agent targeted for elimination by the shadowy agency that employs him. But his superior training and his love for the herb foil all their dastardly plans.

A screwball comedy in the old-fashioned sense, this Owen Wilson vehicle from acclaimed director Peter Bogdonavich takes a gander at the lives and loves of the cast of a Broadway musical. Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn and Rhys Ifans fill out the crazy love tangle at the heart of this flick.

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